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The Thames River Basin [25] District, ... with the impresario Fred Karno and Eel Pie Island at Twickenham was the birthplace of the South East's R&B music scene. ...
River Scene with Weir in Middle Distance 1806-1807 Tate Britain, London: 85.4 x 115.6 Hampton Court from the Thames 1806-1807 Tate Britain, London: 85.7 x 120 Trees beside the River, with Bridge in the Middle Distance 1806-1807 Tate Britain, London: 87.9 x 120.6 House beside the River, with Trees and Sheep 1806-1807 Tate Britain, London: 90.5 x ...
Legal Quays in 1757, by Louis Peter Boitard A view of the Pool of London, River Thames, 1841 The Pool of London was of vital importance to the capital for centuries – as early as the 7th century Bede wrote that it was the reason for London's existence [ citation needed ] – but it reached its peak in the 18th and 19th centuries.
This article lists the islands in the River Thames, or at the mouth of a tributary (marked †), in England. It excludes human-made islands built as part of the building of forty-five two-gate locks which each accompany a weir , and islets subordinate to and forming part of the overall shape of another.
The River Thames frost fairs [1] were held on the tideway of the River Thames in London, England in some winters, starting at least as early as the late 7th century [2] until the early 19th century. Most were held between the early 17th and early 19th centuries during the period known as the Little Ice Age , when the river froze over most often ...
The Victoria Embankment is a road and river-walk on the north bank of the River Thames in London, formed from land reclaimed during the construction of Joseph Bazalgette's sewerage system in the late 19th century. [1] From 1864 a sequence of public gardens called the Victoria Embankment Gardens was created from this land.
From a viewpoint on the south bank of the River Thames, it shows (from west to east, left to right) mansions on the north bank of the river: Whitehall Palace, York House, Durham House, old Somerset House, Burley House, Arundel House and Essex House, then Old St Paul's Cathedral without the spire which was lost after it was struck by lightning ...
Monkey Island is an island in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Boveney Lock. Its nearest village is Bray, Berkshire. The dominant building on the island is a small hotel since the late 19th century. The reach on which it sits is a main reach in boat hiring and tour boating, between Windsor and Maidenhead.